The largest Persian station in Turkey is located on the way to Cappadocia to Conya. It has been a must-have place for business travel in the Anatolia region since ancient times. It is also the relay station of the Silk Road. The function is similar to today's hotel. Restaurant lounge and other business hotels. The facilities needed are all available, but what is even more exaggerated is that there is a mosque here. It can be seen that the faith has a deep impact on the area. But speaking, it was quite shocking to have such a behemoth in this place in that era. If there is no explanation, I would roughly think It's a fortification like the castle fortress. There is a Green Garden not far from the opposite side and a small square.
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The largest Persian station in Turkey is located on the way to Cappadocia to Conya. It has been a must-have place for business travel in the Anatolia region since ancient times. It is also the relay station of the Silk Road. The function is similar to today's hotel. Restaurant lounge and other business hotels. The facilities needed are all available, but what is even more exaggerated is that there is a mosque here. It can be seen that the faith has a deep impact on the area. But speaking, it was quite shocking to have such a behemoth in this place in that era. If there is no explanation, I would roughly think It's a fortification like the castle fortress. There is a Green Garden not far from the opposite side and a small square.
The Sultan's Sapporo Station, built in 1229, has been the must-have place of the ancient Silk Road, on the desolate plateau, not only can provide the past caravan rest, supplies, but also strong defense functions to ensure safety. The station is a typical Seljuk-style building with asymmetric door frame design, traditional right-angle structure on the left and circular arcs on the right. The upper decoration of the door is a combination of concave pointed arches, flat round arches and rectangular arches.
Visit the largest station on the ancient Silk Road, the Sultan Hotel. Because the main transport camel at the time, it was only able to walk up to 40km a day. There are many stations along the way for rest and exchange of goods.
The Sultanate Station in Cappadocia is the largest Persian station in Turkey, with a large area and even a small mosque inside. The station is divided into two floors, the lower floor is the horse room and the goods storage, the upper floor is the guest room, in the station to see, can think of the traffic and the amount of goods at that time, it is actually some incredible.
Once the most magnificent station in Turkey, there are now birds and cats left in the world except for a few houses. It is said to be the relay station of the Silk Road, which can be imagined. This is how strategic China's idea of the Belt and Road is. We came to the station today to relive the Silk Road. However, the store across the road from the station is more favorable for Turkish specialty products.
The Sultan's station is the most magnificent station in Turkey, which has been the must-pass for business since ancient times and is also the relay station of the Silk Road. In ancient times, the commercial road was built to prevent banditry, and a station was built every 40 miles, most of which collapsed. Only this station was well protected, leaving people to know and witness the physical evidence of the past.
On the way to Konya, there is a Sudanese Dagu Station, a station every tens of kilometers on the Silk Road, used for rest and protection for the caravan, this station is well preserved and the inside is very large.